Nationalists staged a fight at an anti -fascist concert in Moscow

Nationalists staged a fight at an anti -fascist concert in Moscow , the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" reports.

As the leader of the Yabloko youth Yabloko told the radio station, during the concert "For Russia without fascism, war and violence" in the recreation center named after Gorbunov appeared in the hall about 30 members of nationalist organizations.

“During the concert, during the performance of one of the music groups, which includes black musicians, a group of people formed in the crowd, a 20-30 man, mainly shaved -headed people, with scarfs closed by scarfs who began to throw their hands in a fascist greeting and chanting the ultra -right slogans,” Yashin said. “After some time, a fight with people who came to the concert began.”

In the fight, according to him, about 40 people participated. After the police intervention, about 15 people were detained, they were taken to the police department, Yashin said. According to him, no one was seriously injured, but "several people with broken faces are in the foyer of the recreation center."

Yashin considers the incident a planned action aimed at disrupting the concert. “To a large extent they succeeded, the situation is now quite tense, people who have come to the concert are afraid that Skinheads will meet them at the exit from the recreation center,” said Yashin. According to him, additional police forces are pulled to the concert.

Meanwhile, the police do not confirm the information about the mass fight at the concert and the detention of nationalists. At the same time, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax that the police were called in the Gorbunov Palace of Culture. "Officially, I can’t confirm this information, but the fact of a petty brawl during a concert in the recreation center was. Whether Skinheads participated in this, law enforcement officers who arrived at the scene of the incident are currently being clarified," the agency’s source said.

The rock festival "For Russia without fascism, war and violence" is organized by several opposition parties and movements. The concert is attended by Dolphin, Kalinov Bridge, Butch, Stas Bartenev and “If”, “Post Scriptum”.

The concert takes place with the assistance of the ATP, Yabloko, the United Civil Front, the Committee of Anti -Military Action, the Anti -Wencan Club, the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers, MHG, Green Russia and other organizations.

The revenue from the concert will be transferred to the Foundation for helping refugees and forced immigrants from the hot spots "Civil Assistance". Part of the profit will go to help the victims of the neo -Nazis.